High-level discussions are under way on increasing involvement of Arab powers to reinvigorate a four-member group overseen by Britain's Tony Blair that has been seeking to mediate in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict since 2002.

Philippine soldiers have seized a Muslim rebel base and bomb factory in the south, a spokesman said on Monday, as a shaky peace process with the largest Muslim rebel group presents President Benigno Aquino's with his toughest political test.

Introduced in 2008 as Hyundai’s first export executive saloon, the Genesis gambit paid off and took the largely German-dominated premium automotive segment by surprise. Garnering acclaim from the motoring press, the original Genesis was particularly well-received in the crucial North American market.

Capital market institutions are working with the Lower House’s Economic Committee to amend the current temporary Securities Law of 2002 to transform the Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) into a public shareholding company, ASE Chief Executive Officer Nader Azar said Monday.